Author: BUIGS Staff Published: 5/4/2023 BU Institute for Global Sustainability
Taking on Climate Lies Symposium
Get fresh research insights from a year-long Boston University study of how climate lies spread, who they capture, and how to stop them. This symposium will showcase BU’s interdisciplinary climate disinformation initiative, jointly funded by the Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) with the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering.
Join us to hear from the BU research team about their approach, framework, and emerging findings across three themes:
- Misinformation on Twitter and Reddit
- Native Advertising
- Misinformation-Susceptible Publics
The symposium will kick off with an introduction from IGS Director Benjamin Sovacool and a keynote address by the Deputy Climate Chief of Massachusetts, Jonathan Schrag. The day will also feature a panel with BU deans discussing the university’s leadership on climate solutions, as s
| Date: May 16, 2023 |
| Time: 9 am – 4 pm |
| Location: Center for Computing & Data Sciences, 665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA (Floor 17) |
U’s Climate Disinformation Initiative is led by faculty in the College of Communication, Metropolitan College, and the College of Engineering.
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